A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
Drama
TV Movie
1h 25m
Published in 1609, William Shakespeare's collection of 154 sonnets comprises the greatest lyric sequence of poems in world literature. At the centre of this sonnet sequence lies a mystery that has endured for 400 years. 126 of these sonnets are addressed to a "Fair Youth" and 26 are addressed to a "Dark Lady". What fair youth inspired such passion and who was Shakespeare's dark lady?
Directed by:
John McKay
13 total credits
John McKay has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Rocket Attack U.S.A., Not Another Happy Ending, Crush and We'll Take Manhattan
Writer:
William Boyd
121 total credits
The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already gray-haired. In 1935 he was offered the lead role in Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935) (named because of a limp caused by an earlier bullet wound). He changed the original pulp-fiction character to its opposite, made sure t
Starring:
Rupert Graves
58 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
29 total credits
Indira Varma has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Exodus: Gods and Kings, Basic Instinct 2, Rome, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luther
41 total credits
Anna Chancellor has 41 credits at Criticker, including: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Dreamers, Pride and Prejudice and The Man Who Knew Too Little
13 total credits
Nicholas Rowe has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Young Sherlock Holmes, Genius, Sharpe's Enemy, Doctor Who: Dreamland and Anton Chekhov's The Duel
16 total credits
Nicky Henson has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Blitz, Witchfinder General, Psychomania, Truth or Dare and There's a Girl in My Soup
32 total credits
Andrew Tiernan has 32 credits at Criticker, including: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Playing God, Edward II and The Bunker
28 total credits
Zoë Wanamaker has 28 credits at Criticker, including: My Week with Marilyn, Wilde, Prime Suspect, Edge of Darkness and David Copperfield
6 total credits
Alan Williams has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Trespass Against Us, Vichnaya Pamyat, Open Wide, O Earth, Among Giants and A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
18 total credits
Tom Sturridge has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Velvet Buzzsaw, On the Road, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Sandman and Waiting for Forever
Cast & Info
Directed by:
John McKay 13 total credits
John McKay has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Rocket Attack U.S.A., Not Another Happy Ending, Crush and We'll Take Manhattan
Writer:
William Boyd 121 total credits
The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already gray-haired. In 1935 he was offered the lead role in Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935) (named because of a limp caused by an earlier bullet wound). He changed the original pulp-fiction character to its opposite, made sure t
Starring:
Rupert Graves 58 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
29 total credits
Indira Varma has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Exodus: Gods and Kings, Basic Instinct 2, Rome, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luther
41 total credits
Anna Chancellor has 41 credits at Criticker, including: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Dreamers, Pride and Prejudice and The Man Who Knew Too Little
13 total credits
Nicholas Rowe has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Young Sherlock Holmes, Genius, Sharpe's Enemy, Doctor Who: Dreamland and Anton Chekhov's The Duel
16 total credits
Nicky Henson has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Blitz, Witchfinder General, Psychomania, Truth or Dare and There's a Girl in My Soup
32 total credits
Andrew Tiernan has 32 credits at Criticker, including: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Playing God, Edward II and The Bunker
28 total credits
Zoë Wanamaker has 28 credits at Criticker, including: My Week with Marilyn, Wilde, Prime Suspect, Edge of Darkness and David Copperfield
6 total credits
Alan Williams has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Trespass Against Us, Vichnaya Pamyat, Open Wide, O Earth, Among Giants and A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
18 total credits
Tom Sturridge has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Velvet Buzzsaw, On the Road, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Sandman and Waiting for Forever
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